WL-211F User Manual
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1. Install the software using the Install CD Install the Wireless LAN Card WIRELESS LAN 311FA Adapter Install the network protocol s required to communicate on your network Most likely you will need the TCP IP protocol User s Guide 6 3 2 Install Procedure for Windows XP Note Do not insert the WLAN Adapier until you are asked to do so failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device 1 Insert the given Installation CD in the CD ROM and then click on the Setup Follow the instruction to finish the installation 2 Insert your WLAN card into PCMCIA PCI slot or USB connector of your system and then system will detect new hardware Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Wireless Network PC Card If your hardware came with an installation CD lt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the vazard to do C Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Select Install the software automatically Recommended and then click Next to continue Once your system detected the driver Microsoft will show a warning message as below User s Guide 7 Hardware Installation d The software pou are installing for this hardware Wireless Network PC Card has not passed Windows Logo testing to verily its compatibility with Windows XP Tel me why this testing is2. Signal Strength The Signal Strength bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the Access Point User s Guide 4 2 Availiable Networks The Connections Tab shows current status of available APs within the network Wireless Monitor Zei Available Networks Signal Site Information Network Type Access Point Channel 1 Eneryption On Turbo Mode Off Surveyed at 00 90 4B 08 09 C4 Refresh www gemtek com tw User may select profile or ESSID from above list click Connect to connect with the AP Click Refresh to rescan the network this utility with site survey function it will detect and list all available APs within network User s Guide 20 4 3 Profile Setting Profile Setting allows user to create profiles for different network environments Wireless Monitor H Profile Setting Profile Name m Site Information Network Type Access Point Channel 1 Encryption On IP Setting On _Delete_ Click Add button to create new profiles Edit for editing current exist profile Click Delete button if you wish to delete profiles Network Type This field allows you to select from a list of supported Network Modes The modes displayed will have two values Peer to Peer a
3. e Installation Flexibility Wireless technology allows the network to go where wires cannot go e Reduced Cost of Ownership While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware might be higher than the cost of wired LAN hardware overall installation expenses and life cycle costs will be significantly lower Long term cost benefits are greatest in dynamic environments requiring frequent moves adds and changes e Scalability Wireless LAN systems can be configured in a variety of topologies to meet the needs of specific applications and installations Configurations are easily changed and range from peer to peer to full infrastructure networks also allow roaming over a broad area User s Guide 4 3 Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you in installing wireless LAN Adapter successfully You will first install software Utility and then insert attach the Wireless LAN Adapter to your system and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install The Wireless LAN card can easily be installed and used without bothering to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources User s Guide 5 3 1 Installation Overview Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless network connection Install the Access Point at first AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode
4. restart Important Restart your computer to make the changes effective before you reinstall the driver User s Guide 15 3 4 Uninstall Procedure Step 1 If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter just simply click Start Menu gt Program gt Wireless Network gt Uninstall it shall uninstall all related programs g Step 2 Restart your Computer User s Guide 4 Configuration Utility Wireless LAN 311FA Wireless LAN adapter uses its own management software All functions controlled by user are provided by this application Usually this application starts automatically or click icon from Start Menu to start the Utility application A new icon should appear in your Icon tray If the icon is in red it means that Wireless LAN 311FA NIC configuration is invalid or incomplete Sometimes icon can be colored in yellow This may happen when communication is defined poor connection or incorrectly Figure 1 Icon tray with a new icon fo S z NW 4 33PM User can navigate through sheets by clicking tabs X button will minimize window To provide more information click More button Below description explains the use and meanings of the various screen messages Wireless Monitor User s Guide 17 4 1 Link Information Connected To Network Wireless Monitor Wireless Information Connect To Network default 00 01 24 F2EC SB Network Type Access P
5. Wireless LAN 311FA NIC User s Guide Version 1 0 5 05 2003 User s Guide Copyright statement No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means whether electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior writing of the publisher User s Guide 1 Contents Te ITE OGUICHION exe Eege Eege 3 2 Wireless LAN Basics 22ccc ecscteccecvsnnsecccocteos cna eceiececasmusesuseccs suncscactiesbscanataxevenedeccecate 4 3 Installation for Windows platform csseeseeeseeeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeneeaneeeeeenenes 5 Sule IEN ln Ba EE 6 3 2 Install Procedure for Windows An 7 3 3 Install Procedure for Windows O9 ME I2OODU esse teste ee eeeeeeeeeeeaees 9 g4 Uninstall Ee EE 16 4 Configuration Utility acca was ck cs cece acs see eh cee cee eens ne ced Ee 17 4T Link InformatiO EE 18 4 2 Availiable Network eee eeeee ene eeeeesseeeeeesaeeseeesaeeeeeesaeeeeeesaeeeeeas 20 4 3 Profile Settings E 21 AA e Le ernea A AN E NEOA SASN 24 Oe Aroubleshooting E 25 User s Guide 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN 311FA Adapter This Quick Installation Guide will assist you with the installation procedure The package you have received should contain the following items e Wireless LAN 311FA Adapter e Quick Installation Guide e CD containing Wireless LAN Management utility drivers and Multi lingual Use
6. d Lisence Agreement Press the PAGE DOWN Keep to ee thie Teal ov the agreement END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOF WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you ether an st p or a single entity and nal computer Kr PRODUCT By dace pain copying of otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA If you do not x Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No the setup will close To install Wireless Network LAN Adapter you must accept this agreement InstallShield e mm CS we Accept the license agreement Click Yes to accept Digital Signature Not Found ES 7 EI The Microsoft digtal signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no Quarantee that this software works comectly with Windows Wireless Network PC Card If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at hitp windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is yailable Do you wart to continue the installation Click Yes to finish the setup User s Guide 10 5 Insert attach Wireless LAN 311FA Adapter to your system Win
7. dows will recognize the WLAN adapter and auto detect the driver if the system did not find the driver automatically please install the driver manually Found New Hardware ai Network Controller Please wait Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard gt Wireless Network PC Card Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Eech Click Yes to finish the installation User s Guide 6 Click the right button of mouse on My Computer gt Properties gt Hardware gt Device Manager Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not If you find Wireless Network PC Card in one of the sockets it means the card is detected properly Le Device Manager Action Mew WINZKPRO Bl Computer PO Disk drives m Display adapters 1 ZX DVD CD ROM drives Floppy dsk controllers J Floppy dsk drives lt IDE ATAJATAPT controllers F Keyboards Ca Mice and other pointing devices T Monkors EB iNetwork adapters GY Wireless Network PC Card T Other devices Y Ports COM amp LPT Sound video and game controfers zi System devices H z Universal Serial Bus controllers PE CR BR CC gt E ai 7 Click right button of mouse on the Network Neighborhood User s Guide pes a 8 Select Properties from the pop up menu For Windows 98 the network s pr
8. e Disk Cancel 11 The NetBEUI protocol is now installed After clicking on OK return back to Network Component Type box 12 Repeat the step 9 and 10 to add IPX SPX protocol User s Guide 13 Click on the TCP IP option for setting the IP address for your computer You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Use the following IP address setting If your choice is the second one then enter the IP value Subnet masking DNS Domain Workgroup name and Gateway Address values After setting these parameters appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type and you can select the File and Printer Sharing options as well for sharing your computers resources Click on OK Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties l 2 x General You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address sl IP address 192 168 2 210 Subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Default gateway 192 168 1 254 Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses J Prefered DNS server 192 168 1 1l Alternate DNS server Advanced Cancel 14 Screen message do want to restart your Computer will pop up Select Yes It will shut down your computer and
9. e the Configuration Tab If you find the WLAN 311FA Adapter it means the card is installed properly If you see the Yellow Question 1 mark means the resources are conflicting Please read further in this section for solutions Or Right click on My Computer and select Properties Select the Device Manager and click on the Network Adapter You will find the WLAN 311FA Adapter if it is installed successfully If you see the Yellow sign the resources are conflicting Click on the PCMCIA Card and then on the PCMCIA Card Service you can see the status of the PC card If there is a yellow sign either on the adapter or the PC card please check the following 1 Check to see if your computer has a free IRQ If not make an IRQ free by assigning the same IRQ to some devices for example COM 1 COM 2 can be assigned the same IRQ values 2 Check that you have inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver In Windows 2000 1 Check the Windows 2000 Diagnostics See if there is any conflict in the resource allocation or the I O Address IRQ allocations If you find that the IRQ or I O Addresses are already assigne to some other devices you must change that value I O Address needs 40h byte length 2 Go to the Control panel Double click on the PCMCIA Card and you will see WLAN Adapte d r Double clicking on that will show you the Card Information driver name and the driver file If you do not find the names
10. important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the conect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing STOP Installation Click Continue Anyway for next step Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software Wireless Network PC Card Ly Si Setting a system restore point and backing up old files in case your system needs to be restored in the future After copy the file to your system then the setup is finish User s Guide 3 3 Install Procedure for Windows 98 ME 2000 Note Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the WLAN Adapter successfully 1 Power on your computer and allow Windows 98 ME 2000 to load fully 2 Be sure that the Wireless LAN 311FA Adapter is not inserted yet 3 Insert the given Installation CD in the CD ROM and then click on the Setup InstallShield Wizard xj Wireless LAN Adapter Installation Welcome to Setup the Wireless LAN Adapter i Cancel At the Welcome window click Next User s Guide 4 Accept the license agreement InstallShield Wizar
11. nd Access Point Wireless Monitor Network Name test Network Type i Access Point v Transter Aate gt Automatic v ane Bal e _Back_ _Nex_ Ext User s Guide 21 Peer to Peer This is the 311FA peer to peer mode of operation In 311FA Ad Hoc only one wireless cell is supported for each different SSID All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point 311FA Ad Hoc networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection Access Point This mode of operation requires the presence of an 311FA 802 11b Access Point All communication is done via the Access Point which relays packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet Transmit Rate The transmission rate at which client of AP transmits the data packets You may set this to fixed 1Mbps fixed 2 Mbps fixed 5 5 Mbps fixed 11 Mbps or Automatic for 802 11b s AP and fixed 6Mbps fixed 9Mbps fixed 12Mbps fixed 18Mbps fixed 24Mbps fixed 36Mbps fixed 48Mbps fixed 54Mbps or Automatic for 311FA s AP Encryption WEP You may desire an additional measure of security on your wireless network which can be achieved by using WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption Wireless Monitor Enctyption w Off D 1 1 RK 1 0 1 RA 1 0 1 C Ca User s Guide 22 When an encrypted frame is received it will only be accepted if it decry
12. oint Channel 6 Encryption Off Link Speed 11 Mbits sec Sianal Strength Link Quality IP Information DHCP Status Enable CunentIP 192 168 2 97 SubnetMask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 2 1 DNS Server This field is used to display the current status of connection When the state shows Connected to Network means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode The PC is connected to access point Networking is available A state of Scanning means that the node is searching for available access point and detecting the SSID for an available access point within range This field will also display an error message for some reason if the driver fails to initialize Network Type Infrastructure Mode The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it finds one or more Access Points that match its SSID At that point it will try and authenticate and associate with the Access Point User s Guide 18 Peer to Peer Mode The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the same SSID Current Channel and Transmit Rate Shows the channel of the radio and transmit rate being currently used for an active connection This value has no meaning when the radio is Scanning Link Quality The Link Quality bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and Access Point
13. operties box appears For Windows ME and 2000 please select the Local Area Connection s properties to check the following menu Local Area Connection 4 Properties SS KRS General Sharing Connect using BF Wireless Network PC Cad Configure Components checked are used by this connection wi E File and Printer Shanng for Mictosolt Networks MIY Inemet Protocol TCPAP Install Urinstall Properties Description Allows yow computer to sccess resources on Microsoft netviatk I Show icon in taskbar when connected DK Cancel 9 Click on the General tab and then click on the Install button Select Network Component Type box appears Click on the Protocol then click the Add button Select Network Component Type RIED Click the type of network component you want to install SL Client a Service Description 4 protocol is a language your computer uses to communicate with other computers Add Cancel User s Guide 13 10 Select Network Protocols box appears From the list of network protocols list select NetBEUI then click OK Select Network Protocol x Click the Network Protocol that you want to install then click OK If you have X an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Network Protocol AppleT alk Protocol DLC Protocol NetBEUI Protocol Network Monitor Driver NiwLink IP SPX NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol Hav
14. pts correctly This will only happen if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter Wireless Monitor veitina Input Method acu Alpharumeic Key Index E lt gt cl EIN Nex Exit This panel allows to entry for 64 128 bit encryption according to WEP function select To be written to the driver and registry such as Hexadecimal format each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver User s Guide 23 4 4 About Wireless Monitor Utility Version Driver Version Firmware Version Address Tepa 1 2 274 0 90 1 44 00 90 48 60 69 40 VWireress afolatlielas sige Copyright 2002 All right Reserved Other Bands and product name are trademarks or rogistered tradmarks of their respective holders About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver Application and firmware versions Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support User s Guide 24 5 Troubleshooting H you encounter any problems during the installation or to confirm that the WLAN 11Mbps device is installed properly please read the following troubleshooting section In Windows 98 To check that the WLAN 311FA device is installed properly please do the following Go to START gt SETTINGS gt CONTROL PANEL gt NETWORK Choos
15. r s Guide Note if anything is missing please contact your vendor The CD contains drivers and Configuration Utility program that is used for managing the Wireless LAN Adapters and establishing the wireless connection with your Local Area Network User s Guide 3 2 Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN Local Area Networks systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional wired system Wireless LANs WLANs are more flexible easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence Using radio frequency RF technology WLANs transmit and receive data over the air minimizing the need for wired connections Thus WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility and through simplified configuration enable movable LANs With wireless LANs users can access shared information without looking for a place to plug in and network managers can set up or augment networks without installing or moving wires Wireless LANs offer the following productivity convenience and cost advantages over traditional wired networks e Mobility Wireless LAN systems can provide LAN users with access to real time information anywhere in their organization This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks e Installation Speed and Simplicity Installing a wireless LAN system can be fast and easy and can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings
16. there are some problems and the driver is not installed properly Reinstall the driver Note Check the PnP BIOS setup menu and select no in case of the WLAN Adapter installation User s Guide 25
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